Earlier this month Emmanuel Matadi won the men’s 200m African Championship bronze medal. Five years before that, Jangy Addy won the men’s DecathlonAll-Africa Games gold medal and Kou Luogon won the women’s 400m hurdles All-Africa Gamesbronze medal. These world-class competitors are just three of many Liberian athletes who have shined on the international stage.

Liberians don’t usually hear about these names until the Olympics arrive, but these athletes don’t disappear and reappear every four years.

The Olympic torch is in Rio and we are hours away from the opening ceremony. Watch the athletes parade into the Olympic Stadium tonight online. Follow @libolympicblog on Twitter for live tweets. Until then, check out our favorite clips of Liberians carrying the flag.